Thread: Testing SSILD for a month

Had a case of insomnia last night and I just took forever to fall asleep. Still tried to WBTB and do the SSILD cycles but I just wasn't feeling it.
Managed to have normal dream recall and vivid dreams though so that's a plus.

LDs: 1

Day 7
Been so busy lately that I haven't had a chance to give it a go. . last night I set alarm this time a loud one so I wouldn't sleep through it, I got out of bed stayed up for 5 min. Then got into bed and startrd the cycles I was really tired so I decided to try and combine mild with ssild, after about 1 or 2 long cycles I fell asleep and then somehow I woke back up just as I was falling asleep and managed to become lucid but I could hear myself snoring! And it woke me up after hearing it for a minute or so I then tried it again and became lucid again but I could still hear myself snoring, so I ended up chaining about 4 lucid dreams in a row then I gave up and just had a normal dream, all the LDS were really short like a minute long or so.

So I think combining mild with ssild seems really effective


Attempt:7
LD:3
FA:1

[QUOTE=werty52;2132774]Had a case of insomnia last night and I just took forever to fall asleep. Still tried to WBTB and do the SSILD cycles but I just wasn't feeling it.
Managed to have normal dream recall and vivid dreams though so that's a plus.

I feel like isomnia, though it will take you a fair amount of time to fall back asleep, gives you a better chance.

Day 18=
my dreams were more vivid than before....but no LD.

number of SSILD attempt: 18
number of LD with this technique= 2
number of FA= 1

You guys should join the 30 day lucid dreaming challenge. Within 12 days of using mild and wbtb, I got 3 LDs.

Unsuccessful, had a nice sleep though and managed to wake up at a decent time for once.

LDs: 1

Woah, read the technique for the first time tonight because of this thread and had my first intense DILD after a dry spell, my 14th lucid dream. It started with an insane false awakening. I was so excited I forgot to stabilize but got a good few minutes out of it and tested a reframing idea I've been waiting to try with great success. This technique is insane. I hope it keeps working, because this was awesome.

Day 19=
The biggest change is that I can recall the dreams I had during the early hours of night with good clarity. I should mention that I put most of my efforts on doing the cycles before falling asleep at night. When I do WBTS , I just fool myself that I am doing the cycles. Maybe I need to do them with a little more dedication.

Number of ssild attempt=19
LD from this technique=2
FA=1

Hello yay a i m Vahid your points about Ld is promising

I noticed this morning I caught myself snoring twice during the cycles after about ten dreamlets. Not sure how I managed to snore without passing out unconscious or having a WILD. Love this technique.

I forgot to do the SSILD cycles during the WBTB and I ended up falling back to sleep.
I woke up again naturally about an hour and a half later.
As I was falling asleep yet again I tried a couple SSILD cycles lazily, I then started to feel a WILD coming on.

This would be the 2nd WILD experience I've ever had, and the 2nd WILD experience I had no idea wtf was happening in and then consequently ruined it. I really need to read about WILDs and what to do when they happen -.-... I also haven't experienced SP during either of these WILDs which is annoying because I'm an incorrigible fidget and I always end up having to scratch my arm or something, thus losing the WILD...

I also had terrible dream recall (only 1 dream) which might be because I've been waking up ~2 hours earlier than usual.

LDs: 1

Originally Posted by LucidEveryNight

Day 7
Been so busy lately that I haven't had a chance to give it a go. . last night I set alarm this time a loud one so I wouldn't sleep through it, I got out of bed stayed up for 5 min. Then got into bed and startrd the cycles I was really tired so I decided to try and combine mild with ssild, after about 1 or 2 long cycles I fell asleep and then somehow I woke back up just as I was falling asleep and managed to become lucid but I could hear myself snoring! And it woke me up after hearing it for a minute or so I then tried it again and became lucid again but I could still hear myself snoring, so I ended up chaining about 4 lucid dreams in a row then I gave up and just had a normal dream, all the LDS were really short like a minute long or so.

Funny, just read your post after I wrote about my snoring experience. Very cool, wonder if that's common.

Originally Posted by Vahid;213I046

Hello yay a i m Vahid your points about Ld is promising

Oh hiiiiii! Welcome bro!!!! Thanks....actually I am not in hurry to have LD anymore and I want to learn it passively and fundamentally by SSILD technique rather than having LD by chance.

Day 20=
I think i have another life in my dreams. No LD but I had longest dream ever with HD quality.LOOOL!
Even in my last dream, I was in a classroom intending the teacher for 15 minutes and I remember every word she said!!!!!

Originally Posted by 2Jupes

I noticed this morning I caught myself snoring twice during the cycles after about ten dreamlets. Not sure how I managed to snore without passing out unconscious or having a WILD. Love this technique.

It's quite natural to snore while attempting the technique. Actually your body has been completely sleep and it has started its normal ritual (snoring....LOL!!!!) While your mind was awake and aware. Soon after entering your dreams, the sound in the physical world will stop and you only hear the dreamy audio sources.

I had a near lucid dream last night by only reading this thread and not using any technique
In my dream it was a windy day I shaped my hand like a wing and elevated from the ground after that I saw some dream figure teaching the right way to fly and I examined it and could fly to the sky...

I'm back, have been a little busy so I've been craving all the coma sleep I can get. Anyways,

Day 5

Today it was surprisingly easy to do the cycles without feeling annoying and just wanting to fall back asleep, this was 5 hours after my initial sleep cycle, I think this is something I forgot that is very important, feels like if I do cycles under 4.5/5 hours, I feel really groggy and need to get back to sleep ASAP.

In fact they felt so easy today that I almost instantly felt WILD vibrations, I'm curious if this is similar in how CosmicIron says he transitions almost instantly with this method. No LDs either, dreams slightly more vivid and remember-able.

LDs - 1

Unsuccessful, I feel like my dream recall has been getting worse I just seem to forget the dream so fast now that I don't even get a chance to recall it.

I did the SSILD cycles at 5:20am trying to get a WILD-type to occur but no luck, I don't have much patience I guess.

LDs: 1

I've realized there is pretty much no way I can do this during WBTB because no matter how much I try to wake up, I pass out after one cycle. As someone with what I think is narcolepsy, this works great at bedtime because REM is so close. But I think later in the night I'll have to see if I can make FILD work maybe. Haven't had any luck with that yet though. Getting some choline and galantamine in the mail in a few days, never tried them, so will see how this works with those.

Originally Posted by Vahid

I had a near lucid dream last night by only reading this thread and not using any technique
In my dream it was a windy day I shaped my hand like a wing and elevated from the ground after that I saw some dream figure teaching the right way to fly and I examined it and could fly to the sky...

Congratulations on you! Having LD even without trying!!!!!

Day 21=
I slept through the alarm so I didn't do the cycles and I don't remember much dreams.

I used sslid technique last night and had some usual dreaming ,content of my dreaming increased though

Had another WILD-type experience but unsuccessful, I keep losing it but I'll get there with practice
Had the vibrations come on pretty intensely and then after I had lost it I realized my jaw was all screwed up, like I had been grinding my teeth or something, and it felt kind of numb. I tried a few reality checks but it wasn't a FA.

Recalled ~3 dreams which is a good improvement

LDs - 1

Originally Posted by Vahid

I used sslid technique last night and had some usual dreaming ,content of my dreaming increased though

Good! If you also do it after you wake up spontaneously in the middle of night, you will be even more aware in dreams.

Day 22=
I had a false awakening plus feeling of vibration after I woke up. No LD but my dreams were more vivid than ever and easy to remember!

Not much to say about last night, only vaguely remembered one dream and the SSILD cycles didn't amount to anything. This is probably because I went to bed later than usual as my friend called me up late at night.

LDs: 1

Day 23=
I write here 2 times today! The first time was in my dream! I thought I am awake so I started to write here that my attempt was not successful. I didn't know I was dreaming!!!!!!LOL........

So I had a false awakening plus I had extremeeeeeeee vivid dream and I can recall 90 percent of my dreams with maximum details!